What I don't get is how can Gremio treat Barca like a little bitch, and don't even want to negotiate the price. No other team is even interested in Arthur, only Barca, and yet they are toying with Barca. Barca should play hardball, and put an ultimatum, either he comes in the summer for a reasonable price, or we find another player.
The problem is not Arthur alone... Gremio is angry with Barcelona because of Manu (11-12 years old). The boy is supposed to be a genius, and you guys took him away without any negociation
In Brazil, 2~3 years ago, Gremio started trying to play passing the ball, not like Barça (who could?), but they are trying. So i think that more good brazilian players who plays for Gremio who could work in Barça's game will show up as years pass by. I expect this to happen more times, you guys shoudn't fight with Gremio. Barcelona MUST try to stay in good terms with Gremio.
Gremio is a big team in Brazil. They also launched Ronaldinho Gaucho and Douglas Costa in football. Actually, Luan from Gremio can also play as a false 9... He is great too.
What I don't get is how can Gremio treat Barca like a little bitch, and don't even want to negotiate the price. No other team is even interested in Arthur, only Barca, and yet they are toying with Barca. Barca should play hardball, and put an ultimatum, either he comes in the summer for a reasonable price, or we find another player.
This! Gremio would actually receive less money if Barça just activate the release clause. Arthur and his family own 30% of his rights which would leave Gremio with only 35 Million. Instead of the 39 Million they’re entitled to now including variables.We don't want to negotiate because we don't need to. For the first time in the last 15/20 years we earn more than we spend. So we don't need to sell any player, specially him.
Barca offered less than the release clause, Gremio said no, Barca offered more, Arthur said that he wanted to go to Barca, Gremio accepted. But, we asked him to stay until the end of our season, he said yes and Barca agreed.
It's simple: we don't want and we don't need to sell Arthur, Barca needs him as soon as possible, why would Gremio lower the price? The deal is done, if Barca wants to change it, they just have to pay the release clause and Gremio can't stop him of leaving in summer.
What I don't get is how can Gremio treat Barca like a little bitch, and don't even want to negotiate the price. No other team is even interested in Arthur, only Barca, and yet they are toying with Barca. Barca should play hardball, and put an ultimatum, either he comes in the summer for a reasonable price, or we find another player.
LOL
Do you really think that Barcelona is the only club that wants Arthur? If he was not great, we wouldn't go after him. The other clubs are just observing this negotiation as the hyenas they are, if things don't go well, they will jump after Arthur one after the other. They are standing still just because is us, FREAKING BARCELONA, that are negotiating with him.
The "we are Barcelona and everyone bows before us" thinking is exactly how the board is thinking.
Maybe 7-8 years ago clubs and players were thinking like that, but now theres alot of much more powerful teams out there than us, either be it by money, or project.
Players go to PSG for the money, or ManC to play under Peps project.
That beeing said, there were several clubs interested in Arthur. United and City were both interested in him, even saw some rumours from PSG.
But for once, we actually started early.